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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>DANIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 1
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Daniel and certain Hebrews are trained in the court of Nebuchadnezzar—They eat plain food and drink no wine—God gives them knowledge and wisdom beyond all others.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;1 <span class='smallcaps'>
In</span> the third year of the reign of <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands.">Jehoiakim</a> king of Judah came <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 24: 1 (1-16); 2 Chr. 36: 6 (6-10).">Nebuchadnezzar</a> king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 24: 13.">vessels</a> of the house of God: which he carried into the land of <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 11: 2.">Shinar</a> to the house of his god; and he brought the <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/1/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="Dan. 5: 2.">vessels</a> into the treasure house of his god.
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&#182; And the king spake unto Ashpenaz <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR chief of his officers.">the</a> master of his eunuchs, that he should bring <i>certain</i> of the children of Israel, and of the king’s <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 20: 18 (14-18); Isa. 39: 7 (3-7).">seed</a>, and of the princes;
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Children in whom <i>was</i> no blemish, but <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/4a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB good in appearance.">well</a> favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as <i>had</i> ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
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And the king appointed them a daily <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 31: 16.">provision</a> of the king’s <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/5b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB delicacies.">meat</a>, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/1/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 10: 8.">stand</a> before the king.
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Now among these were of the children of Judah, <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 6: 13.">Daniel</a>, <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 17.">Hananiah</a>, Mishael, and Azariah:
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Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 26.">names</a>: for he gave unto Daniel <i>the </i><sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 5: 12."><i>name</i></a> of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
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&#182; But Daniel <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Commitment.">purposed</a> in his heart that he would not <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/8b" mark="b" type="C" title="Hosea 9: 3 (1-3); TG Word of Wisdom.">defile</a> himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/1/8c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Temperance.">wine</a> which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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Now God had brought Daniel into <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 16: 7.">favour</a> and <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/9b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB compassion.">tender</a> love with the prince of the eunuchs.
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And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Fearfulness.">fear</a> my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/10b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE less healthy.">worse</a> liking than the children which <i>are</i> of your <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/1/10c" mark="c" type="D" title="OR age.">sort</a>?  then shall ye make <i>me</i> endanger my head to the king.
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Then said Daniel to <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB the steward.">Melzar</a>, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
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Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/12a" mark="a" type="E" title="IE foods made of seeds, grains, etc; Mosiah 9: 9 (8-9); D&C 89: 14.">pulse</a> to eat, and water to drink.
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Then let our <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 89: 18.">countenances</a> be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
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So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
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And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
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Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
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&#182; As for these four children, God gave them <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 2: 20 (20-22); Jacob 4: 8; Alma 12: 9 (9-11); D&C 89: 19.">knowledge</a> and skill in all <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/1/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Education; TG Learning.">learning</a> and wisdom: and Daniel had <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/1/17c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 41: 15 (1-43); Dan. 10: 1.">understanding</a> in all <sup>d</sup><a href="dan/1/17d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Visions.">visions</a> and dreams.
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Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
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And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
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And in all matters of wisdom <i>and</i> understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/1/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sorcery; TG Superstitions.">magicians</a> <i>and</i> astrologers that <i>were</i> in all his realm.
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And Daniel continued <i>even</i> unto the first year of king Cyrus.
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